Collar.



V. ANTONL COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24, 1914.

Patented July 20, 1915.

way 7 c/727/22ni VICTOR AIM-TONI, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Patented .r ao, 1915.

Application filed April 24, 1914. Serial No. 834,169.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR ANTONI, a citizen pf the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n collars and has for its object to provide a collar so'constructed that atie may be attached thereto after the collar has been fastoned to the shirt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a reversible collar so formedas toreduce the friction between a tie or cravat and the collar. I

With the above and other objects in view I have invented the collar illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which 2- Figure 1 is aperspective view of my improved collar; Fig. 2 is a front plan view of the collar as it appears fastened to the shirt.

Like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the different views in which 1 indicates my improved collar which is of that class of collars known as a turn over collar and connected to theupperedge of the main portion 2 thereof is a portion 3. The turn of the portion 3 may be of the same length as the collar or slightly longer as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Depending from the ends 4 and 5 of said turn-over portion are tabs 6 and 7 which are provided with-ordinary button holes 8 and 9. Themain portion of the turn over part 3 of the collar is relatively very much narrower than the body [portion 2, of the collar, whereas said tabs 6 and 7, may be of any desired depth. Also projecting from the portion 3, at the rear portion is a tab 10, having a button hole 11, adapted to engage the back collar button of the shirt. In use the rear tab 10, of this collar is fastened to the shirt after which a neck-tie is shoved between said tab and the body portion of the collar, then the tabs 6 and 7, are fastened to the front collar buttonand the opposing ends of the tie are. brought together and tied, and then slipped between the tabs 6 and 7, and the relative portions of the body part of the collar. The he may then be adjusted with greatest ease and comfort and practically little, if any, "fr1ct1on,.is broughtthereon by said tabs and the collar.

The construction of this collar is such that it may be readily reversed in order that both sides of the body portion of the collar may be exposed in wearl This collar, besides, permitting easy adjustment of a tie is also exceptionally comfortable as it does not bind..the neck as tightly as the ordinary collar, and is much cooler than the ordinary turn over collar. Another way of using the collar is to fasten the rear tab 10 to the'shirt and then fasten the tabs '6 I and 7 after which the neck tie is placed upon the'pro ecting end of the tab 10 a little below the edge of the collar with the ends of the tie hanging" over the shoulder of the wearer then take hold of the ends of-the tie and sawing the same backward and forward gradually drawing it into place under the collar 2. The rear collar button will prevent the tie from rising high enough under the collar to slip off of the shirt band,

the tab 10 extending sufficiently below thebottom edge of the collar to'permit the tie to overlay the tab 10 after said tab has been buttoned to a shirt band whereby the tie lower edge thereof and having a button hole therein above said lower edge.

2. The described collar having an outerturn-over portion and a relatively very narrow inner band having tabs "on its ends and a centrally disposed tab, said tabs projecting below the lower. edge of said outer portion, said tabs having button holes above said lower edge, the button hole on said centrally disposed tab being so located that a button projecting therethrough-will prevent a necktie from riding above tlie shirt In testimony whereof I affix my signature band to which said collar is attached, said in presence of two witnesses. j. centrally disposed tab adapted to act as a VICTOR ANTONI.

guiding means whereby said tie may be Witnesses: I 5 guided into position between said tab and EDWARD ANTONI,

the outer portion. J OSEPII O. WESLEY.

Copies oi? this patent may be obtained, for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. I Washington, D. 0." 

